Who’s The Boss
1. Great Plot and great acting. It kind of reminds me of the Devil wears Prada.
It’s not all bad bosses and stupid employees though as the romance and occasional humour also play out quite impressively.
2. It’s contemporary setting makes room for contemporary story telling characters and romance. It’s modern Nollywood storytelling as good as you’ll get.
1. Sharon Ooja’s character, Liah felt a bit too soft for the role she played. The innocence and naivety she shows for most part seemed a bit unrealistic.
2. The romance between Sharon and Blossom wasn’t well told especially at the scene where they momentarily separated. Somethings felt off for a love story we were all supposed to actually love.
An interesting movie that definitely reminds us of the classic Devil Wears Prada. In short, it’s Devil Wears Prada told with a Nollywood twist. That’s not a bad thing though, because the story contains lots of original scenes, lots of romance and story telling. A high-ranker this is for 2020 Nollywood. It’s a “great date movie” and should have you grinning occasionally.
Inkblot Productions is arguably the biggest movie production company in Nollywood at the moment, well, if you’re responsible for the two highest grossing movies in Nollywood history “The Wedding Party” and “The Wedding Party 2” then you are perhaps the biggest right?
For “Who’s The Boss”, you get a sense they weren’t even attempting to break their own record, they just wanted to produce something pretty, cute and a little bit challenging. The story reeks of the famous “Devil Wears Prada” starring Meryl Steep and Anne Hathaway. Only this time, it’s Funke Akindele playing the heinous boss and beautiful Sharon Ooja playing the naive and equally uber-creative subordinate who eventually usurps her boss hence the title “Who’s The Boss”.
Oh yeah, Blossom is that rich tech millionaire player dude who falls in love with Sharon’s character- Liah and the romance buds from there and so does lots of unexpected and complicated craziness that often accompany romance.
My recommendation to you is to enjoy this movie. Ignore Sharon Ooja’s clear amateur acting in certain scenes, ignore Blossom’s inability to completely enter into his role at times, ignore even Funke Akindele’s seeming visible uncomfortableness at times, ignore the director’s inability to completely stamp himself on this one and you’ll have a decent time.
As earlier stated, I’m not sure they were going gong ho for the history books with this movie, they just wanted to make a nice movie and it’s fair to say that they did.
Star Performer- Ini Idima-Okojie
I think she was great. Played her role well and embodied a class act for days. Definitely admire her and look forward to seeing her positive trajectory in Nollywood.
Can-do-better Performer- ????
No one gets the gong of lame today but Sharon Ooja was a close call especially for her amateur showing at the beginning scenes. However, she picked up well as the movie progressed.
